Salingyi Township | |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map: | Myanmar |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Myanmar |
Seat: | Salingyi |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Myanmar |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Sagaing Region |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Yinmabin District |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Coordinates: | 21.9667°N 100°W |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | +6.30 |
Salingyi Township is a township in Yinmabin District in the Sagaing Division of Myanmar.[1] The principal town is Salingyi.
Over of farmland have been confiscated in the township to establish a copper mine in Letpadaung, which will be jointly owned by the Union of Myanmar Economic Holdings (UMEHL) and the Chinese-owned Wenbao Copper Company, a subsidiary of Norinco.[2] [3]